[NPInfo] What is the true Definition of Medicine

[mmhelgert46 at comcast.net]

both these definitions of medicine. & "medicine".......both are nouns.......no one body can "own" this definition....the practice of "health care" includes medicine in its definition.......so, healthcare (to me) is far broader in reach....and this is what Advanced Practice does..........so...we're capable of far more then just "the practice of medicine"...(my opinion). I beg someone to tell me the difference here?.........or is this a lesson in semantics?


Definitions: 
health care also health·care (hĕlth'kâr')
n.
The prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.

adj. also health-care (hĕlth'kâr')
Of or relating to health care: the health care industry.
Definitions:
Med·i·cine
n.
[L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. médecine. See Medical.]


1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease. 


2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a medication; a medicament; a remedy; physic.